Study Centers: Forming our future leaders

CEBU, Philippines - Do you still believe in our youth? Despite the cliché, are you still convinced they are society’s hope?

Sri Visayan Foundation, Inc. has never given up on our youth being protagonists of the future. Likewise, Kalinangan Youth Foundation, Inc. believes firmly in our youth as catalysts of progress.

“Get to know the youth better and you will discover that they are our pride and joy. They are bright and full of optimism, a brand-new day embodied. They see the world with fresh eyes,” this is their unified stand presented during the recent official launch of the “University Quiz Competition” project at the City Sports Club.

“University Quiz Competition: The best of the best” which was launched last June 23, and the first phase to culminate in December of this year, envisions this event to be an annual activity wherein more than 800 students from the various colleges and universities in Cebu would join in. It carries with it the hope to expand this endeavor nationwide. General mechanics of the competition saw print in our Education page last June 30.

SVFI, in a presentation, mentioned that “today’s young people are exposed to wide range of media that 10 years ago did not exist.”

“They have access to information in as fast as a split second at their fingertips.”

“With proper responsibility and formation, the youth can utilize these channels into something productive. But with wrong values and wrong notions, we may be unintentionally stirring their lives in the wrong direction.”

“The establishment of study centers,” SVFI said, “is a concrete and firm way of helping our youth find their true purpose and right direction.”

The Kalinangan Youth Foundation, Inc. shares in this initiative by establishing as well study center projects all throughout the country.

In a nutshell

Sri Visayan Foundation, Inc. is a hub for academic and cultural interaction. It fosters the virtue of study and the desire to learn. Talks, workshops, and conferences are organized throughout the year with the purpose of fostering academic excellence among today’s university students and young professionals. Invited speakers to its activities come from a wide range of professional fields.

Staff

Sustaining and encouraging the quest for learning is the staff, composed of young professionals who offer academic orientation, tutorials, values formation, and character development classes.

Outreach

Study Centers also train people to become leaders who serve. It runs a wide range of outreach activities such as rural service projects, medical and dental missions, visits to the poor and sick, tutorials and classes in catechism to children of low-income families.

SVFI promotes professional competence and social concern among men, both students and professionals; it is a non-government organization duly certified by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and a member of the Philippine Council for NGO Certification.                   

SVFI’s Sugbu Study Center (caters to male students and young professionals) is located at 377 Juan Luna Avenue, Mabolo, Cebu City. Log on to www.sugbu.org for the rest of the details.

KALFI, on the other hand, is a private non-stock, non-profit foundation registered with the SEC on September 14, 1983 and with the Bureau of Internal Revenue as a donee institution on October 28, 1983.

Subsequently, on April 11, 2003, KALFI was accredited as a donee institution by the Philippine Council for NGO Certification. KALFI, meanwhile, caters to female students and young professionals. It is a partner of the family and educational institutions, and “complements the training given in the home and in the school towards the holistic development of young women, so that imbued with Christian ideals and a spirit of service, each assumes her role in society competently.”

Its Banilad Study Center is at 491 Archbishop Reyes Ave., Cebu City.